Family Rhynchobatidae (wedgefish)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae

Parent taxon: Rhinopristiformes according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022

See also Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Dica et al. 1996, Jonet 1968, Kent 2018, Nelson et al. 2016, Tabuce et al. 2005 and Underwood 2006

Sister taxa: Atlantobatis, Microbatis, Pristidae, Rhinidae, Sowibatos, Tlalocbatos

Subtaxa: Rhynchobatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Libya (1 collection)

• MN 13 of Portugal (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Portugal (3), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Oman (1), Pakistan (2), United States (3: South Carolina)

• Eocene of Egypt (9), Jordan (1), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: South Carolina), Western Sahara (2)

• Cretaceous of Jordan (1)

Total: 56 collections including 62 occurrences

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